Automobile-puller.



R. IRWIN.

AUTOMOBILE FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13.1913,

1,124,451. Patented Ja1 1.12,l915.

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RICHARD IRWIN, OLE FARMING'ION, MISSOURI.

AUTOMOBILE-FULLER.

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Application filed May 13, 1918.

improvements in an automobile puller and has relation to a device for pulling automobile; out of mud or other bad places in the Y roa The object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which can be carried on the machine and easily adjusted in position for operation. lrVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the com-' biuation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a top View partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line aa of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line b-b of Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are details of the guide. Fig. 7 is a detail View of the operating handle.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the end pieces of the frame which are secured together by means of the rods 2. A rotating shaft 3 is mounted in the end pieces and an eye-bolt i is secured to the shaft. A cable 5 is secured to the shaft by passing through the eye-bolt 4 and as clearly shown in the drawing this cable is so secured that it has the two free ends 6. A guide 7 is slidably mounted on the rotating shaft 3 and is provided with the two oppositely extending tubes 8 through which the ends of the cable pass. As clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6 one end of the guide 7 is open and provided with the extension 9 and cut-away portion 10 so that the cable Wlll be received in the open end of the guide when wound upon the rotating shaft. Guides 11 are slidably mounted on each of the rods 2 and as shown in the drawings these guides consist of the tubes through which the ends of the cable pass. As will also be noted the entensions 8 on the guide 7 extend not only in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Serial No. 767,461.

guide 7.

Secured to each end of the shaft 3 and in the ends 1 of the frame are the ratchet hvheels 12 which are adapted to be engaged by the pawls 13. Springs 13 are provided for engaging the pawls l3. Secured to the pawls 13 are the rods 14 which extend through the ends 1 and these rods are pro- :vided with the shoulders 15 so that when turned in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing the shoulders will engage the outer faces of the ends of the end pieces and will hold the pawls away from the ratchet wheels. A yoke member 16 is loosely mounted on the ends of the shaft 3 and within the ends 1 of the frame and secured to the yoke are the pawls 17 which are adapted to engage the ratchet wheels 12. These pawls 17 are also provided with the rods 18 which are pivotally connected thereto and these rods are provided with the shoulders 19. The rods 18 extend through elongated openings in the yoke and when the shoulders are in a vertical position the rods may be drawn through the openings. When the rods are drawn through and turned so that the shoulders will lie in a horizontal position the shoulders will engage the sides of the slots and hold the pawls away from the ratchet wheels. As shown in Fig.3 springs 20 are provided and secured to the pawls 17 for securely holding them into contact with the ratchet wheels.

An extension or projection 21 is formed on the yoke and is adapted to receive the operating handle 22 which is provided with the socket 23 adapted to engage the extension.

Having fully described the detailed construction of my invention it is thought that the operation will be clearly understood. If an automobile should become stalled in the mud one end of the cable is secured to the machine and the oppositeend to a stump, tree or other object. The pawls l3 and 17 are then placed in engagement with the ratchet wheels 12 and then by operating the yoke member 16 by means of the handle 22 the shaft 3 will be rotated and the cable wound thereon. By this means the automobile will be drawn out of the mud and as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the guide 7 allows each end of the cable to be wound on the rotating shaft 3.

When the work is finished the pawls are withdrawn from contact with the ratchet wheels and then by pulling on each end of the cable the cable will be unwound from the shaft.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An automobile puller comprising a frame having recesses formed in the end pieces, a shaft extending through the end pieces, a cable connected to the shaft, ratchet wheels secured to the shaft in the recesses of the end pieces, and a forked lever loosely mounted on the shaft and having pawls engaging the ratchet wheels for rotating the shaft.

2. An automobile puller comprising a frame having recesses formed in the end pieces, a shaft extending through the end pieces, a cable connected to the shaft, ratchet wheels secured to the shaft in the recesses of the end pieces, pawls pivotally mounted in the recesses in the end pieces and adapted to engage the ratchet Wheels, rods connected to the pawls and passing through openings in the end pieces for operating the same, and a forked lever loosely mounted on the shaft and having pawls engaging the ratchet wheels for rotating the shaft.

3. An automobile puller comprising a frame having recesses formed in the end pieces, a shaft extending through the end pieces, a cable connected to the shaft, ratchet wheels secured to the shaft in the recesses of the end pieces, pawls pivotally mounted in the recesses in the end pieces and adapted to engage the ratchet wheels, rods connected to the pawls and passing through openings in the same, and a forked lever loosely mounted on the shaft and having pawls engaging the ratchet wheels for rotating the shaft, said pawls having rods connected thereto and passing through openings in the forked lever for releasing them from the ratchet wheels.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD IRWIN.

Witnesses:

C. P. BECKETT, LAURA BECKETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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